School in quarantine: how to combine work and education for children?

On September 22, 2020, an online discussion on the topic «School in quarantine: how to combine work and education for children?» was held live on the social network Facebook moderated by the Chairman of the National Commission for Women, Family and Demographic Policy under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan L. Ramazanova.

The event was attended by the Chairman Of the Committee on youth and family Affairs of the Ministry of information and public development of the Republic of Kazakhstan Sh. Baymanov, Representatives of the Agency for civil service Affairs, the ministries of education and science, health, labor and social protection, non-governmental organizations, as well as parents of school students.

During the online meeting, participants discussed the issues of raising children, the quality of online education, and combining work and study for children.

Sh. Baymanov spoke about the implementation of grant projects of the Ministry in the field of family policy, and also noted that next year the format of grant projects will be revised taking into account the pandemic.

At the same time, the results of a sociological study during quarantine were announced. Traditionally, women spend more time with children. Of these, 72.7% are constantly with children. Among men, this figure is 40.6%. In modern families, children are taught, first of all, the values of hard work and respect for their elders. The introduction of the state of emergency in the country has also affected the life of the country's youth to some extent. Despite the fact that distance education is becoming one of the most popular educational practices, more than half of the young people surveyed prefer traditional education. So, 27.9% of respondents noted that it is more convenient for them to study in the usual way, 27.5% expressed the opinion that traditional training is more interesting, since there is personal communication.